"Emperor Tang, you can't go out—"

In the Jin Palace, Li Shimin was striding forward, and several people in the courtyard were persuading each other, and it was Bai Zhen, the current guard commander of the Jin Palace, who forcibly blocked in front of Li Shimin.

Whether it is Li Zhi's explanation when he left, or Yang Chan's entrustment before retreat, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wujian are people who must be protected.

The matter of the Journey to the West, the people of the entire Jin Palace, were clear, but the sergeant who came to deliver the letter just now said very clearly, there were several terrifying-looking monsters in the west of Chang'an City.

"Commander Bai, the person who came is the royal brother I worshipped back then, and for the well-being of the Tang Dynasty, I have traveled west for seventeen years. Now that I've finally come back, how can I not see each other?"

Don't look at Li Shimin, who has been in retirement for many years, there is a faint understanding in his heart, and Tang Xuanzang's westward journey has to end with him.

In fact, Li Shimin had a premonition a few days ago.

When a large amount of merit fell from the sky, more were absorbed by the golden dragon of national fortune, and this golden dragon of national fortune, which symbolized the luck of the Tang Dynasty, instantly became condensed.

It turned out to be just a four-clawed golden dragon, and after absorbing these merits, another dragon claw grew from between the waist and abdomen, the "Golden Immortal" realm.

The other small part was directly submerged into Li Shimin's body.

After all, it was he who contributed to the journey to the west, and the "Purple Gold Bowl" and "Customs Clearance Document" he gave him also continued to accumulate merit for Li Shimin along the way.

In this way, Li Shimin, who was originally only in the middle stage of the "Heavenly Immortal", directly attracted the "True Immortal" Thunder Tribulation.

is also because his realm is low, and the function of Journey to the West should not be underestimated even in the slightest, not to mention that he is also the first person to initiate.

Today's Li Shimin, that is also the realm of the early stage of the "True Immortal", even the "Cangming Secret" passed on by Li Zhi has been cultivated to the third layer, and many Tang generals have been left behind by him.

"Your Majesty, if you really want to go, we will be the guards together!"

Seeing that Li Shimin had made up his mind, everyone no longer persuaded him, leaving the eldest grandson Huanting, Ao Ling, Xueqian and Yun'er to take care of the house, after all, the eldest grandson was still there.

All the rest of the people rushed to the west gate of Chang'an to greet them.

Yes, Li Shimin is also a person with a large enough pattern, many generals returned triumphantly, and he had a time when he went out of the city for ten miles to greet him, not to mention that he had to pick up Tang Xuanzang who returned from 108,000 miles away.

"Father, why did you come out in person? ——」

The Jin Wangfu and his entourage had just come to the outside of the "Vermilion Bird Gate", and they happened to meet the civil and military ministers led by the crown prince Li Chengqian.

Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were impressively listed, and even Li Tai, the king of Wei, who had given birth to a lot recently, actually appeared in the crowd.

"Cheng Qian, you don't have to go over, just let Senior Brother Yao, Shubao and Biting Jin follow, and everyone else will go their own way."

Seeing such a big battle as the crown prince Li Chengqian, I thought that I had heard Tang Xuanzang's transmission, not so much to greet Tang Seng as to protect Li Shimin.

"This ...... Okay, the sons and daughters will retire first, 'Daming Palace is ready to stop, and the father can use it at any time.'

Since Li Shimin said so, the crown prince Li Chengqian did not insist anymore, saluted Li Shimin, and led a man to leave.

"Your Majesty, the last general received a report from General Su that there are several monsters in the west of the city, is it strange that this Sanzang mage is here?"

Qin Qiong, since he was reinstated, has been in charge of the protection of Chang'an City, and the left and right Qianniu Guards are firmly in his hands.

Li Shimin traveled, naturally there would not be only these guards, Yan Chixia and the chief eunuch Zhang Ananda had already personally led two hundred masters of the "Lijing Gate" to hide around.

"Haha, you don't know, according to what the pheasant slave said, Master Sanzang has accepted three apprentices with great powers, namely the Monkey King of the Immortal Realm, the Marshal of Tianpeng and the General of the Rolling Blinds."

"However, although these three people have great magical powers, they have strange appearances, and I think Su Dingfang mistakenly thought they were monsters."

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You foursome, Li Zhi didn't tell many people, but fortunately, Li Shimin was one of the insiders, and when he heard that there were "monsters" coming from the west of Chang'an City, Li Shimin was sure that it was those people.

......

"Royal Brother—"

"Your Majesty—"

Out of the Suzaku Gate directly to the west, after passing through several markets, you came to the west gate of Chang'an City - Jinguang Gate.

At this time, the "Golden Light Gate" was already in full swing, the city gate was closed, and the general Su Dingfang was alone outside the "Golden Light Gate" to talk to Tang Seng.

Su Dingfang was helpless about Fang Cai Tang Seng's "reckless" move, who made him too different from the other party's realm.

What's more, Su Dingfang found that the "customs clearance document" in his hand was indeed a thing of the Tang Dynasty, and it was stamped with the jade seal of the Tang Dynasty, which was written by Li Shimin himself.

The seal may be imitated, but Li Shimin's "flying white" hand has its own characteristics.

Since these are all true, whether it is the holy monk in front of him or the few behind him, they are not good at first glance, if these people really want to be unfavorable to Chang'an, can anyone stop them?

"Hahaha, it's really the royal brother is back, it's been seventeen years, it's like a different world-"

Looking at Tang Seng in front of him, Li Shimin was full of emotion.

He wasn't lamenting the passage of time, like his cultivation in the early days of the "True Immortal", if nothing else, there would be no problem at all in living thousands of years old.

It's just this Tang Xuanzang in front of you......

Li Shimin naturally couldn't see through Tang Seng's realm, but he unconsciously wanted to salute him, it seemed that Tang Seng's body had an indescribable and unclear charm?

"Amitabha, after a farewell of seventeen years, I didn't expect that my Datang would practice cultivation in a big way, and even Your Majesty is already a 'True Immortal Realm, congratulations——"

Tang Seng clasped his palms together again, and praised and sighed again and again in his mouth, but there was a strange look in his eyes, which was just fleeting and not noticed.

"Haha, what is my little cultivation in the eyes of the royal brother? I once heard the pheasant slave say that as long as the royal brother can successfully reach the spiritual mountain, he will be able to achieve the golden body and the right fruit, presumably the royal brother has already become a Buddha on the ground, right?"

For his father, Li Zhi naturally has nothing to hide, even if he didn't talk about the Journey to the West in too much detail, the general context was still told to his father.

"Amitabha, even if the poor monk has become a Buddha and an ancestor, he is still a monk of my Tang Dynasty. The true scriptures of the Great Leiyin Temple in the West Heaven are here, and the poor monks have been trying their best to spread them to the Tang Dynasty, praying for smooth weather and long-term peace and stability in the Tang Dynasty."

Tang Seng is still the same Tang Seng, but Li Shimin feels that Tang Seng is no longer the Tang Seng.

"These three in the back are the high-ranking disciples accepted by the royal brother, right? Listen to the pheasant slave, these three are all powerful people."

At this time, the brother behind Tang Seng also walked over, and was surprised by the magnificent aura of Chang'an City in front of him.

Traveling all the way to the west, I encountered so many countries and walled cities, but I have never seen such a magnificent place as Chang'an.

Especially that Sun Wukong, with a pair of bright "fiery eyes", swept towards the entire Chang'an City, but stayed in one place for the longest time, and even shook his head in confusion.

"What Your Majesty said is very true, the poor monk was able to reach the Western Heaven safely, thanks to the support of these three apprentices all the way."

"This is the great apprentice of the poor monk, the current 'Fighting Victory Buddha Sun Wukong, this is the second apprentice of the poor monk, the current 'Pure Altar Messenger Zhu Wuneng, and the last one is the third apprentice of the poor monk, and the current 'Golden Body Arhat Sha Wujing."

Now that Li Shimin asked, even if it was just out of politeness, Tang Seng also introduced his three apprentices to Li Shimin.

"Hehe, worthy of His Majesty the Tang Dynasty, this bearing is not comparable to other countries. My name is Zhu Wuneng, also known as Zhu Bajie, and I was originally the 'Marshal of Tianpeng's Linfan."

"On the way to learn scriptures in the west, I have the best relationship between my old pig and your Jiulang, and when you see Emperor Tang, you can be regarded as seeing my old pig

of the elders. By the way, what about Jiuro, why didn't he pick it up?"

This Zhu Bajie is very familiar with himself, and he said so, but he was already thinking about how to enter Chang'an City to have a big meal.

"Haha, Marshal Tianpeng is really funny, but it's a pity that the pheasant slave has something to go out and is not in Chang'an City now, so he can't come to greet you."

"Royal brother, fellow monks and monks, this is not a place to speak, how about we go to 'Daming Palace?' The meat and vegetarian dishes are ready, just waiting for you to arrive."

Li Shimin has an illusion, it stands to reason that he is the most familiar with Tang Seng, but it is far less refreshing to chat with this ugly-looking Zhu Bajie.

"Hehe, that's a good feeling. Master, Jiulang once said, 'Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left a message in his heart.'

"Now that Master and Senior Brother have become Buddhas, and my Old Pig and Senior Brother Sha have also attained the Golden Body Positive Fruit, presumably this fast should have been abolished a long time ago, right?"

In fact, Zhu Bajie had this question in public with deep meaning, in fact, before they arrived in the west, several of them did not eat less meat and drink wine.

It's just that at the moment when Tang Seng was named the "Zhantan Meritorious Buddha", Zhu Bajie seemed to feel that the master around him seemed to be a completely different person?

However, no one told him this suspicion, but secretly hid it in his heart, just like he did with his senior brother Sun Wukong.

Don't look at Zhu Bajie's rough skin and thick meat, but he may be the most careful person in the entire Journey to the West.

Zhu Bajie clearly remembers that since that incident, his senior brother no longer called himself "nerd" or "rammed", but called "Bajie" seriously.

Senior Brother Sha has been a stuffy gourd from beginning to end, and he hasn't said much for so many years, and the little white dragon has appeared in the form of a dragon horse all day long.

Zhu Bajie knew that he was probably concentrating on cultivation.

So, on the way to learn scriptures in the following years, it was more that Sun Wukong was talking to Tang Seng, and Zhu Bajie was talking to Tang Seng, and occasionally mixed with the title of "senior brother" or "Bajie".

The closer he got to Lingshan, the heavier Zhu Bajie's mind became, and inexplicably, he missed his little brother Li Zhi a little.

Chang'an, who came to Datang this time, can be regarded as following the master to take a look, and more importantly, Zhu Bajie is here to find Li Zhi.

Regarding his own affairs, he didn't understand it back then, and after so many years, he still hasn't figured it out, and he needs to ask Li Zhi for an "explanation".

As for the matter of "others", Zhu Bajie has not thought about it for the time being.

......

Daming Palace, including Yuan Palace.

"Royal brother, all the divine monks, please drink to win-"

Li Shimin took the lead in holding up the wine glass, and Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and other generals also raised their glasses.

"Come on, come on, drink well, drink well—Master, you don't have any taste for drinking that vegetarian wine, right?"

Sun Wukong is a monkey in the end, everyone else can sit steadily, but he sometimes sits upright, sometimes stands up, and sometimes even squats on a chair, where does he look like a Buddha who has achieved cultivation?

"Amitabha, the avenue is three thousand, and the Buddha is not immutable, if the teacher does not forcibly restrain you and others, do you want to restrain the poor monks instead? Hehe......"

Whether it is Tang Sanzang, who has been "trained" by Li Zhi, or the former "Golden Cicada" deity, he is not a foolish monk who eats the ancients, and today is this kind of occasion, the apprentices are not taboo in meat and vegetarian, and Tang Seng naturally will not say anything.

However, he has studied Buddhism by himself for many years, and has become a "Buddha of Zhantan Merit", so he naturally follows the principles of Buddhism in his words and deeds.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Shimin put down the cup in his hand.

"Now that the matter of learning the scriptures has come to an end, I wonder what the royal brother and the senior disciples plan to do next?"

"Amitabha, these apprentices of the poor monks have their own duties, and they will also have their own places to go after today, and the poor monks will stay in Chang'an for the time being, and plan to be in the 'Jinchangfang' Great Ci'en Temple&a

mp; quot; build a stone tower inside."

"This tower doesn't need to be too high, five floors can be, the scriptures brought by the Great Leiyin Temple are all in Sanskrit, and the poor monks should translate them one by one into my dynasty text."

Tang Seng said, and actually took out a four-fold white silk silk from the wide sleeved robe.

Unfolded to see that it is really a five-story tower, and there are many small characters densely marked next to it, indicating the size of each place and the purpose of each tower.

"Brother Yu's move was a blessing for thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty at that time, and I will immediately make arrangements for the construction of the pagoda, and strive to complete the pagoda within a month."

The current Datang is already different from the Datang in another time and space, as long as the talent is approved, or the family has surplus food, almost everyone is cultivating.

However, among the craftsmen of the Datang Ministry of Industry today, most of them are born with a series of talents in the five elements, such as metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and are assigned to the corresponding Yousi according to different talents.

The cultivation of these people may not be very high, most of them are just in the "foundation building" stage, but anyone who can cultivate to the "Jindan" stage can lead to a single company.

Even Yan Liben, who was recommended by Li Zhi and is currently the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is only in the middle of the "Yuan Baby".

However, it was this group of people who made Li Shimin full of confidence, and after a cursory glance at the drawings, he gave a promise for a one-month period.

"Amitabha, thank you Your Majesty, Your Majesty has helped me so much, and the poor monks will pass it on to the Buddha, and Your Majesty's merits are immeasurable——"

......

Tang Xuanzang's return to Chang'an City spread all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an in an instant, whether it was a peddler or a dignitary, they were all talking about this person and this matter.

Especially some elderly people who witnessed the "Huasheng Temple" back then, they even told the people around them the cause and effect of the incident.

After a banquet, as Tang Seng said, several apprentices went their separate ways.

Sun Wukong is said to have returned to "Huaguo Mountain", and Zhu Bajie went to Gao Laozhuang by himself, but he begged the Tang Emperor to spread the word for him that after Li Zhi came back, he must go to Gao Laozhuang and his party, even if he gave him a message.

As for the taciturn Sha monk, he didn't know where he went, and even Tang Seng didn't ask a word.

As for the white dragon horse Ao Lie, he changed into a human form and lived in the palace of the king of Jin in a grand manner.

There's no way, even if Li Zhi is not there, this one has acquaintances.

Ao Ling, the seventh princess of the East China Sea, is also one of the women recognized by Li Zhi, in this regard alone, isn't Ao Lie also Li Zhi's uncle?

Of course, Ao Lie's stay was not proposed by himself, but asked by Ao Ling.

Now that the Jin King Li Zhi is not there, the Jin Princess is in retreat, and the Jin Wangfu is the highest guard commander Bai Zhen, who is far from Ao Lie's opponent.

With the existence of Ao Lie, the Jin Palace, and even the entire Chang'an City, can be more stable.

For such a request, Ao Lie naturally would not refuse, and Li Shimin would not object either, and even asked Bai Zhen to open all the defensive formations of the Jin Palace's Mansion to Ao Lie.

There is no other thing, just because Li Zhi once told his father that among the people in Journey to the West, the most credible ones are the senior brother Sun Wukong and the little white dragon Ao Lie.

In this way, Ao Lie stayed in the Jin Palace, silently preparing for the "Da Luo Jin Immortal" thunder tribulation.

Others who want to deal with the "Da Luo Jin Immortal" Thunder Tribulation may only worry about the risk of the Thunder Tribulation itself, but Ao Lie is different.

The curse in the bloodline of the dragon clan, there has not been a new "Da Luo Jin Immortal" for thousands of years, could it be that just because he went to the western sky, he Ao Lie was able to break such a curse?

Ao Lie wasn't confident enough to get there, he was waiting, although he didn't know what he was waiting for.

In his spare time, Ao Lie was extremely harmonious with Bai Zhen, Qin Huaiyu and Luo Tong, and even took out his own cultivation experience for his reference.

Of course, the more important thing is that Ao Lie is instructing his cousin Ao Ling's cultivation.

"Nine Turns Divine Dragon Technique", the skill that Ao Lie obtained from the remnant soul of the candle dragon back then

In the past ten years, Ao Lie has not dared to be lazy for a day before he reaches the point where he is now.

You must know that this set of "Nine Turns Divine Dragon Technique" is a real "Da Luo Golden Immortal" level exercise, otherwise how could Ao Lie have entered the realm like this?

Now that Ao Lie has achieved some cultivation, he naturally will not be stingy with his cousin.

"Third brother, I think that your 'Nine Turns Divine Dragon Technique, if you combine it with the 'Nine Turns Divine Dragon Technique' body technique, maybe the physical body you cultivate will be even stronger."

There is a dragon clan, and they were born as "immortals", and their physical bodies are second only to the existence of the Wu clan.

Although the "Nine Turns Divine Dragon Technique" is a complete exercise, it also focuses on forging the body, and each turn corresponds to a dragon claw.

For example, at this time, Ao Lie was already close to the peak of the "Taiyi Golden Immortal", a proper seven-clawed white dragon, and there was no one else in the entire young generation of the dragon clan.

As for Ao Ling, after learning the "Body Formula" from Li Zhi, he has also cultivated to the Xiaocheng realm, and he is also a strong opponent in the "Golden Immortal" realm, so he naturally understands the strength of the "Body Formula".

"'Formula? What's that?"

Ao Lie was a little puzzled, after all, his "Nine Turns Divine Dragon Technique" was given by the Candle Dragon Ancestor, it was a real "Da Luo Golden Immortal" level skill, how could it be compared to a casual skill?

"That's it, it's handed down by Jiulang, and the people in the entire Jin Palace's Mansion are cultivating, so the third brother might as well practice and try it too."

A little white light flashed, and a simple and obscure text appeared in Ao Ling's mind.

"It's a good thing, but Ling Mei gave such a valuable thing to the junior brother privately, Jiu Lang ...... it."

Ao Lie can judge the good and the bad, but he feels that his cousin is doing something inappropriate.

"Giggles, what kind of friendship does the third brother have with Jiulang, don't others know that the little sister still doesn't know? Besides, Emperor Tang has not hidden the entire defensive formation of the Jin Palace's entire Jin Mansion from you, and I don't think Jiulang will mind you coming to cultivate this 'body technique'."

That being said, Ao Ling didn't fully explain the truth, that is, the higher the cultivation level, the more people who cultivate the "body formula", the more feedback Li Zhi will naturally get.

This is the result of the benefits of both parties, and it is not Ao Ling, the daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door, helping her husband calculate her cousin.

It's been two months since then.

In the past two months, the incense at the Temple of Great Grace has reached its highest level ever.

Especially a month ago, when the five-story tower needed by Tang Seng was completed, Tang Emperor Li Shimin personally led the civil and military ministers to congratulate and open the tower.

"Brother Yu, the stone tower has been completed, I don't know what to call it?"

Looking at the bare eaves of the tower, there was no handwriting, Li Shimin asked.

"Amitabha, my Buddha traveled all over the wilderness and purified sentient beings, and once did the act of 'turning into a pigeon to save life, and the poor monks were also amazed."

"And among the many birds, my Tang Dynasty has the unique style of the wild goose, otherwise the tower is called 'How about the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?'"

Tang Seng pondered for a long time and bowed deeply to the west.

"'Big Wild Goose Pagoda? Good name, I wonder if I have the honor to inscribe this plaque?"

Well, you are the lord of the Tang Dynasty, you have the final say.

Li Shimin said everything like this, and let Tang Seng say anything?

"This tower is completed, waiting for the plaque, just waiting for His Majesty's Mobao......

With the "Big Wild Goose Pagoda", Tang Seng has never been seen leave.

However, on the first and fifteenth days of the Lunar New Year, Tang monks would sit on the fifth floor of the "Big Wild Goose Pagoda", and countless monks or believers gathered under the "Big Wild Goose Pagoda" to listen to Tang monks preach the "Mahayana teachings".

Spring goes to the summer solstice, summer goes to autumn, never stops.

......

"Amitabha, this benefactor is late, Master Xuanzang's lecture has ended, if you want to listen, you have to wait until the first day of the next month."

June 15, the moon is high in the sky

, even if it has reached the time of the fixed watch, it is still a little hot.

The little novice who was in charge of sweeping the "Big Wild Goose Pagoda" was about to close the courtyard gate, but was stopped by a man wearing a black gauze hat and a black tie coat. ap.

"The little master is polite, I didn't come to listen to the Fa, but to find the 'golden cicada to catch up, and there is a little master Lao to go and say goodbye."

But it was a soft voice, and the person deliberately suppressed it, and then took out an object from his sleeve and handed it over.

In the bright moonlight, it seemed to be an ordinary rosary.

It's just that this person's hands are unusually white, and it seems to be whiter than the bright moonlight?